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time for america to come together. it is a disgrace they are playing politics with our foreign policy. >> now, governor, senator mccain last month said -- well, let me let you hear what he said. this is amazing to me. >> it's very clear this was a colossal failure that cost the lives of four brave young americans. there has not been an intelligence fail like this in my lifetime and i have been around for a long time. >> there has not been an intelligence fail like this in his lifetime? what about 9/11? what about the iraq war with weapons of mass destruction where 3,000 americans died? what's he talking about? >> four americans are obviously four too many. but because our intelligence system broke down we went to war in iraq and over 3,000 americans died. how can he dare contrast those two? the thing that bugs me about this is there was a potential screw-up. we didn't have the right security in place in benghazi. susan rice had nothing to do with it. she wasn't in the chain of command. she didn't have any responsibilit
time for america to come together. it is a disgrace they are playing politics with our foreign policy. >> now, governor, senator mccain last month said -- well, let me let you hear what he said. this is amazing to me. >> it's very clear this was a colossal failure that cost the lives of four brave young americans. there has not been an intelligence fail like this in my lifetime and i have been around for a long time. >> there has not been an intelligence fail like this in his...
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he's not really from america. these are all ways of demonizing him or racializing him without going to the uglier stuff that makes it obvious and embarrassing. >> now, james, atwater also seems to really echo in the tape romney's 47% comments. take a listen. >> i think race as such is going to dissolve as an issue, but you are going toft race question in the sense of on one side you're going to have a guy who's a millionaire and he's got something in common with the guy who's make 10,000 bucks a year. he's paying taxes. and somebody else is not doing anything and taking out of the system. statistically, as the number of non-producers in the system moves toward 50%, that makes the system more and more polarity. >> i mean, it's almost a 50% theory. and this is 1981. and we're hearing this takers and makers kind of theory today. >> that's right. and lee atwater, when he was giving that explanation, actually put people that earn $10,000 a year as part of the producers in his. so he has a slightly different definition
he's not really from america. these are all ways of demonizing him or racializing him without going to the uglier stuff that makes it obvious and embarrassing. >> now, james, atwater also seems to really echo in the tape romney's 47% comments. take a listen. >> i think race as such is going to dissolve as an issue, but you are going toft race question in the sense of on one side you're going to have a guy who's a millionaire and he's got something in common with the guy who's make...
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america is done with the mean spirited attacks and so are trump's kids. the question is, is the gop leadership ready to hold their own political intervention? joining me now is dana milbank, columnist for "the washington post." dana, thanks for joining me this evening. >> hi, reverend. >> if trump's children can't keep him from talking about where the president was born, can anyone? >> i don't know. i like the notion in the -- first of all, the donald denied the report if the children haven't done it they certainly should. but it doesn't appear that donald trump listens to anybody so it's not clear why he would listen to his family and it also seems that since he's continued to say outrageous things since then and to tweet out outrageous remarks since then, when or whether or not it happened, the donald is clearly going to continue to work his way into becoming more and more irrelevant. but providing good fodder for your show. >> let's put him aside for a moment. let's look at a cast of others that use a lot of ugly rhetoric and ended up paying for it. co
america is done with the mean spirited attacks and so are trump's kids. the question is, is the gop leadership ready to hold their own political intervention? joining me now is dana milbank, columnist for "the washington post." dana, thanks for joining me this evening. >> hi, reverend. >> if trump's children can't keep him from talking about where the president was born, can anyone? >> i don't know. i like the notion in the -- first of all, the donald denied the...
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vote was white americans and that is just not the way america looks right now. if you went to a romneyrally, o crowds romney rallies, much whiterc , older american. bama rallies, much more diverse. and i think people are surprised th the table on the strength of y vot. 15% in ohio, 20% in virginia. even when you talk to republicans now, they do talk about wanting to make inroads t community but you don'twant to make community. nixon did pretty well amo african-american. >> affirmative action startedr n joe, let me show you what l.ot today.ple on theight are watch this. >> kelly, you've got bob jindal,ó nikki haley and it's think it will be a fairly reagat night and a conservative one and i think the future of the party is quite bright. >> the idea that we have to pope. n a >> they wa stuff. they want things. and who is going to give them president obama. >> if we're not getting the female vote, do we become pro choice? dog w control pills? st night and today, their reaction and these are the reactions of some of the they don't seem to get it. >> no. and i
vote was white americans and that is just not the way america looks right now. if you went to a romneyrally, o crowds romney rallies, much whiterc , older american. bama rallies, much more diverse. and i think people are surprised th the table on the strength of y vot. 15% in ohio, 20% in virginia. even when you talk to republicans now, they do talk about wanting to make inroads t community but you don'twant to make community. nixon did pretty well amo african-american. >> affirmative...
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they also talked about america's leadership in the world and promised to stay in touch. before romney went to the white house, he met up for breakfast with his old pal paul ryan. >> mr. romney, how was your meeting with mr. romney today? was it nice to see him? >> good friend. great to be with him. >> always great to see paul ryan. >> sure. always great to see him. and chat about the irony of their getting only 47% of the vote. how fitting. but the fact is, even now many republicans don't get why they were rejected by the american people. this morning, as romney was getting ready for his big day in washington, his top political strategist was on national tv talking about why he lost. >> i certainly don't think it was the ideas. i think that the ideas carried the day for us and the success that we had, though it obviously wasn't enough to win the race, was based on the candidate mitt romney and on his ideas. >> the ideas carried the day? what is he talking about? those ideas are why romney came in second place. this election was a rejection of the policies romney stood fo
they also talked about america's leadership in the world and promised to stay in touch. before romney went to the white house, he met up for breakfast with his old pal paul ryan. >> mr. romney, how was your meeting with mr. romney today? was it nice to see him? >> good friend. great to be with him. >> always great to see paul ryan. >> sure. always great to see him. and chat about the irony of their getting only 47% of the vote. how fitting. but the fact is, even now many...
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america spoke loud and clear last night. what does this say about the rhetoric be that we've seen over the last two years. >> well, i think if the republican party is smart, they are going to take control of the divisiveness but they've also got to take control of themselves because this was, too me, a moral victory in many ways. you and i discussed this and you deserve abundant credit, rev for getting this done. but all of the voter suppressions, shortening the days, voter i.d.s, all of those things backfired tremendously. i was in philadelphia and appeared in four black churches on sunday and the voters there, the congregation, they were angry. they were angry because they thought somebody was trying to take away their right to vote and they would have stood online for five hours to vote. that's how angry they were and the republicans got hoisted on their own meanness, on their own attempt to chip away at the american democracy. so it was a great day for so many reasons but to me that was one of the best. >> well, michelle
america spoke loud and clear last night. what does this say about the rhetoric be that we've seen over the last two years. >> well, i think if the republican party is smart, they are going to take control of the divisiveness but they've also got to take control of themselves because this was, too me, a moral victory in many ways. you and i discussed this and you deserve abundant credit, rev for getting this done. but all of the voter suppressions, shortening the days, voter i.d.s, all of...
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america's natural gas... putting us in control of our energy future, now. >>>. >>> have you joined the "politicsnation" conversation on facebook yet? today everyone was touched by the photo of the president like we've rarely seen him, tearing up as he thanked his campaign staff. early said, these are tears of joy. some things cannot be put into words. gilbert added, quote, these are the tears of someone who knows where he came from. we'll have much more on the...
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i think that really tainted the party -- >> is tea party america's next best hope? >> listen to me. there's a one-word phrase we use for that in ohio -- crap. that's nonsense. the republican party cannot be a national party if we give up the entire east coast of the united states. >> and the last guy was a republican, now talking about the crap. i don't know where their courage was before tuesday, but slowly you're beginning to see lower-profile figures, but people elected, people in washington members of congress that are beginning to come out openly and question these extremes. >> i still worry they're missing the point. it's not just that they say stupid things, it's that they have policies that don't work. so it's not simply talking about women in a pejorative way. it's the fact that their policies simply don't line up with the needs of women in this country and self-deportation, that line got a lot of play, but it's whether republicans are willing to come to the table on comprehensive reform. i hope that republicans are learning their lesson. i'm not question convinced they are
i think that really tainted the party -- >> is tea party america's next best hope? >> listen to me. there's a one-word phrase we use for that in ohio -- crap. that's nonsense. the republican party cannot be a national party if we give up the entire east coast of the united states. >> and the last guy was a republican, now talking about the crap. i don't know where their courage was before tuesday, but slowly you're beginning to see lower-profile figures, but people elected,...
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listen to this. >> i'll lead america to a better place. this is not a time for america to settle. we're four days away from a fresh start. four days away from the fresh day of a new beginning. >> america has always done best when everybody has a fair shot and everybody is doing their fair share and everybody is playing by the same rules. that's what we believe. that's why you elected me in 2008 and that's why i'm running for second term as president of the united states of america. >> so we're still basically talking about fairness and about a new direction? >> and the new direction has no content because he can't afford to say, i'm going to take away your mortgage deduction. what's very interesting is that romney always wanted this campaign to be a referendum. you feel bad about the economy, give me a try, i'm a little more moderate than you think. but as the economic numbers have gotten better, as people have watched the president in the last week and it's been an extraordinary week, romney's argument loses its force and it also loses its force in states like ohio, the midwest,
listen to this. >> i'll lead america to a better place. this is not a time for america to settle. we're four days away from a fresh start. four days away from the fresh day of a new beginning. >> america has always done best when everybody has a fair shot and everybody is doing their fair share and everybody is playing by the same rules. that's what we believe. that's why you elected me in 2008 and that's why i'm running for second term as president of the united states of america....
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. >> if congress does nothing, every family in america will see their income taxes automatically go up on january 1st. every family, everybody here, you'll see your taxes go up on january 1st. i mean, i'm assuming that doesn't sound too good to you. that's sort of like the lump of coal you get for christmas. that's a scrooge christmas. >> that's a scrooge christmas all right. but this president is going to do everything he can to stop it. >> i've got a bunch of pens ready to sign this bill. i'm ready to sign. there are no shortages of pens in the white house and i carry one around for an emergency just in case. just waiting for the chance to use it to sign this bill to make sure people's taxes don't go up. >> he's got the pen and the power. from the look on speaker boehner today, he's getting the message. joining me now is chris hayes, host of "up with chris hayes" here on msnbc and melissa harris-perry, host of melissa-harris perry on msnbc. thank you both for being here. melissa, it does seem that president obama has shifted his tactics this time around and it's all about using his p
. >> if congress does nothing, every family in america will see their income taxes automatically go up on january 1st. every family, everybody here, you'll see your taxes go up on january 1st. i mean, i'm assuming that doesn't sound too good to you. that's sort of like the lump of coal you get for christmas. that's a scrooge christmas. >> that's a scrooge christmas all right. but this president is going to do everything he can to stop it. >> i've got a bunch of pens ready to...
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the new york times quoting him on the trail as saying, democrats love america, too. gee, governor. thanks for that. but that soft attack apparently ends there. because behind the scenes, republicans are starting to go into their get ugly, to do anything to win this election. in miami, he's running a spanish language ad tieing president obama to fidel castro and hugo chavez. yes, venezuela dictator hugo chavez. that's apparently a-okay with mitt romney. [ speaking in spanish ] >> here's the translation. he approves that message. but the desperate kitchen sink politics don't end there. mr. romney's pushing the widely debunk claim that president obama is waging a war on welfare. it's the same lame story with his comments about jeep shipping jobs overseas. that's all ugly enough. but then there's this. he's bringing out the king birther, donald trump, to make robo calls and campaign stops in key swing states and the ugliness extends beyond the walls. they have taken to the airwaves with this low piece of political slime. >> obama claimed in a muslim country that america is not a christ
the new york times quoting him on the trail as saying, democrats love america, too. gee, governor. thanks for that. but that soft attack apparently ends there. because behind the scenes, republicans are starting to go into their get ugly, to do anything to win this election. in miami, he's running a spanish language ad tieing president obama to fidel castro and hugo chavez. yes, venezuela dictator hugo chavez. that's apparently a-okay with mitt romney. [ speaking in spanish ] >> here's...
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but he seemed very calm and resolute that the 98% of america should not have to pay higher taxes just to hold them hostage for 2% to continue to get their tax cut. i think that's one thread that we saw firm by the president, a very calm but definite way. >> and again, for many of us, this isn't a partisan issue. it's a fairness issue. we're talking about most of the american people needing some help, some time to recover here. and the wealthy should pay their fair share. the bible is pretty clear about all this. the circle of protection which i'm a part of, includes the catholic bishops, the national association of evangelicals, the salvation army. this is not a religious left group or a partisan group. we're saying that how we treat the poorest and most are vulnerable is a fundamental principle for the health of our nation. and the president made that clear today. he was going to protect the poor and vulnerable and from the faith point of view, that's a very healthy thing to be committed to. >> now, you mentioned evangelicals and the circle of protection. >> right. >> reverend frankl
but he seemed very calm and resolute that the 98% of america should not have to pay higher taxes just to hold them hostage for 2% to continue to get their tax cut. i think that's one thread that we saw firm by the president, a very calm but definite way. >> and again, for many of us, this isn't a partisan issue. it's a fairness issue. we're talking about most of the american people needing some help, some time to recover here. and the wealthy should pay their fair share. the bible is...
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and we've got to get kind of a party view of america that's not out of rush limbaugh's dream journal. >> that seemed like a rational analysis. >> i agree. >> but rush limbaugh just unleashed on him today. listen to this. >> what folks did i or any of you have to do with the republican primary? all these consultants, do you realize they get rich no matter who wins or loses? little-known secret. they get rich no matter who wins or loses. but the republican primary, what was wrong with the republican -- as far as he's concerned, there were too many conservatives saying too many stupid things. >> rush is one of the drivers of the party ideology. >> doesn't rush get paid whether they win or lose, too? as a footnote here. >> hannity, coulter, these sort of people. as long as they have them driving the the party ideology, they're going to have problems. they're going to drive it in this extremist direction which is where they are now, far outside of what most of america is thinking. it's interesting this new idea i keep hearing about the primary was the problem. and part of what they're sayi
and we've got to get kind of a party view of america that's not out of rush limbaugh's dream journal. >> that seemed like a rational analysis. >> i agree. >> but rush limbaugh just unleashed on him today. listen to this. >> what folks did i or any of you have to do with the republican primary? all these consultants, do you realize they get rich no matter who wins or loses? little-known secret. they get rich no matter who wins or loses. but the republican primary, what...
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that's what we are fighting for, and i want to keep being the voice of working families across america. >> this kunls docomes down to wt the candidates can do in the next 48 hours to bring out the vote. the romney camp is ready. they released a memo saying they have made 125 million personal phone calls or visits up to this weekend. that means they have contacted nearly 40% of the country. romney campaign has only contacted 50 million people. the obama campaign also says they have registered nearly 1.8 million new voters in key battle ground states. almost double the number they registered in 2008. it all comes down to this. who can get out the vote? who's ground game will make the difference in the end? joining me now are two of the most important labor leaders in this country. george gresham, from the largest healthcare workers union in the country. and randi weingarten, president of the american federation of teachers. thank you both for joining me. >> thank you. >> great to be with you. >> george, let me go to you first. what is the key to the ground game in these final hours? >> t
that's what we are fighting for, and i want to keep being the voice of working families across america. >> this kunls docomes down to wt the candidates can do in the next 48 hours to bring out the vote. the romney camp is ready. they released a memo saying they have made 125 million personal phone calls or visits up to this weekend. that means they have contacted nearly 40% of the country. romney campaign has only contacted 50 million people. the obama campaign also says they have...
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america rejected the culture wars. america rejected the religious rights agendas on issues after issue. abortion, gay marriage, rejected. is it the end of the evangelical force in politics? joining me now is frank schaeffer, columnist for "the huffington post," also author of "crazy for god." frank, thanks for being here tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> now, let me ask you, do you think the religious right poses a real problem for the gop? >> yeah, you know, before the election, not after, but before the election i wrote an op-ed for an evangelical progressive group called patheos.com, and they are open to liberal ideas. and i wrote a piece called how the evangelicals have doomed the gop party. it was the evangelical party perhaps more than any single element in the last election cycle that peeled off so many voters who were just tired of the extremism, the masogony, the anti-woman platform, anti-abortion platform which many evangelicals hold as right wing tea party, many of these things. just as i trace in my book
america rejected the culture wars. america rejected the religious rights agendas on issues after issue. abortion, gay marriage, rejected. is it the end of the evangelical force in politics? joining me now is frank schaeffer, columnist for "the huffington post," also author of "crazy for god." frank, thanks for being here tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> now, let me ask you, do you think the religious right poses a real problem for the gop? >> yeah, you...